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Heading for the Hills

Heading for the Hills

Riding along peaceful West Verde Creek on Comanche Bluff Trail, I could see in my mind’s eye the natives stalking a transplanted settler from Poland...

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River Rock Oasis

River Rock Oasis

Fifteen years ago Tom and Linda Whitaker organized the Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair, but they had been collecting Western...

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Chinese Food Anyone?

Chinese Food Anyone?

“I’ve known of Chinese cooks, out on the big ranches in Eastern Oregon, that, when full of hop or bad whiskey, would chase everybody with a big...

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The Apache Cupid

The Apache Cupid

It sounds so romantic: An Apache violin is meant to lure a young woman to the young man playing it. This courtship tool, most effective in the...

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Slaughter

Slaughter

June 7, 1888 Daybreak finds Cochise County Sheriff Texas John Slaughter, his deputy Burt Alvord, Tesana Lucerio and an unnamed hispanic posse member...

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